fordfeedskids.org<\/a> by clicking on the food bank of their choice to make a cash donation.<\/p>\n“Children cannot learn if they’re hungry,” Larry Gregerson, program manager for Ford Fund operations in the Pacific Northwest, said in a media release. “Ford Fund and Ford dealers support child hunger initiatives so that every child has a chance to learn, grow and realize their potential.”<\/p>\n
Since 2014, the drive has collected more than 100,000 pounds of peanut butter, feeding thousands of kids throughout the summer. It’s a key part of Ford Focus on Child Hunger, a five-state campaign in the Pacific Northwest by Ford dealers to support their community food banks and to make sure no child goes hungry.<\/p>\n
Ford Focus on Child Hunger is one of many hunger-relief activities supported by Ford Fund across the United States, including a nationwide fleet of 60 Ford Mobile Food Pantries that delivered more than three million meals last year. Ford Fund supports Meals on Wheels in several locations, including the annual Holiday Meals on Wheels program for seniors in Detroit. Ford Motor Company Fund has provided five vehicles over a five-year period to The Salvation Army Eastern Michigan Division and increased support this year for the annual Bed & Bread Radiothon that provides meals to hungry people across the area. The Ford Volunteer Corps is also on the job year round sorting and packing food at food banks, and preparing and serving meals at shelters and soup kitchens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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